data_dictionary: diet.txt
source:
This data file is part of the Data and
Story library, an archive of various
data sets useful for teaching.
The entire archive is at
https://dasl.datadescription.com/
description:
This data set shows side effects of specially
prepared diet crackers. A more detailed
description is available at
https://dasl.datadescription.com/datafile/diet/
Diet data dictionary, 2 of 3
download:
https://dasl.datadescription.com/download/data/3163
copyright:
Unknown. You should be able to use this data for
individual educational purposes under the Fair Use
guidelines of U.S. copyright law.
format:
delimiter: tab
varnames: first row of data
missing-value-code: not needed
rows: 51
columns: 2
Diet data dictionary, 3 of 3
vars:
Bloat:
label: Did the patient experience bloating?
format: string
Cracker:
label: Type of cracker
format: string
Figure 1: SPSS Data View
Figure 2: SPSS Chart Builder, stacked bar chart, before adding variables
Figure 3: SPSS Chart Builder, stacked bar chart, after adding variables
Figure 4: SPSS output, original (default) bar chart
Figure 5: SPSS Properties dialog box, options menu
Figure 7: SPSS Properties dialog box, Number Format tab
Figure 8: SPSS Properties dialog box, Fill & Border tab
Figure 9: SPSS output, modified bar chart
Break 1
What have you learned?
Creating and modifying stacked bar chart
What’s coming next
Titanic data, stacked bar chart
Titanic data dictionary, 1 of 3
data_dictionary: titanic.txt
description:
Mortality among passengers of the Titanic
http://www.statsci.org/data/general/titanic.html
download:
http://www.statsci.org/data/general/titanic.txt
http://www.pmean.com/15/images/day2titanic.txt
Titanic data dictionary, 2 of 3
vars:
Name:
label: Passenger name
PClass:
label: Passenger class
scale: ordinal text categories
values: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Age:
unit: years
scale: positive real
missing: NA
Titanic data dictionary, 3 of 3
Sex:
scale: nominal text categories
values: female, male
Survived:
scale: binary integer categories
values:
yes: 1
no: 0
Figure 10: SPSS Data View
Figure 11: SPSS Chart Builder, stacked bar chart
Figure 12: SPSS Properties dialog box, Fill & Border tab
Figure 13: SPSS Properties Dialog Box, Number Format tab
Figure 14: SPSS output, modified bar chart
Break 2
What have you learned?
Titanic data, stacked bar chart
What’s coming next
Housing data, scatterplot
Housing data dictionary, 1 of 5
source:
This file was found originally at a website
DASL (Data And Story Library) that is no
longer available.
description:
The original source describes the data as
"a random sample of records of resales of
homes from Feb 15 to Apr 30, 1993 from the
files maintained by the Albuquerque Board
of Realtors. This type of data is
collected by multiple listing agencies in
many cities and is used by realtors as an
information base."
Housing data dictionary, 2 of 5
copyright:
Unknown. You should be able to use this data for
individual educational purposes under the Fair Use
guidelines of U.S. copyright law.
format:
delimiter: space
varnames: first row of data
missing-value-code: *
rows: 117
columns: 8
Housing data dictionary, 3 of 5
vars:
Price:
label: Selling price
unit: dollars
SquareFeet:
label: Living space
unit: square feet
AgeYears:
label: Age of home
unit: years
Housing data dictionary, 4 of 5
NumberFeatures:
label:
Home features (dishwasher, refrigerator,
microwave, disposer, washer, intercom,
skylight(s), compactor, dryer, handicap
fit, cable TV access)
scale: count
range: 0 to 11
Northeast:
label: Located in northeast sector of city?
values:
Yes: 1
No: 0
